Ross Todd

April 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

When General Growth Properties filed for Chapter 11, it unexpectedly took the assets of 166 shopping centers with it-and put the spotlight on a complex trail of securitized debt.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

September 23, 2009 | Law.com

It hasn't been an easy month at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Since the beginning of September, lawyers there have been under fire for their work on Bank of America's merger with Merrill Lynch by both the SEC and Manhattan Federal District Court Judge Jed Rakoff. Now this: Last Friday, Wachtell client Satyam Computer Services Ltd. asked to substitute Jones Day for the firm in the software services provider's shareholder lawsuits in the U.S.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

September 17, 2009 | Law.com

A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has dismissed claims against two private military contractors accused of torturing detainees at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib military prison. The plaintiffs, Iraqi nationals who were held at Abu Ghraib by the U.S. military, brought separate suits in 2004 against CACI International Inc. and Titan Corp., alleging that they had been abused by employees of the companies.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

February 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Litigation launched by the estates of two bankrupt firms illustrates the perils of plucking partners from sinking ships.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Kirkland had an outstanding year even though its record-setting $1.5 billion jury award for Lucent was set aside.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

June 28, 2007 | Law.com

The American Lawyer's fifth annual A-List proves anew that breaking into the top tier of elite firms, and staying there, requires consistent effort, and that attaining a perfect score on any one measure -- revenue per lawyer, pro bono, associate satisfaction and diversity -- isn't enough to snag a place on the list. One firm that's an A-List perennial is Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. As that firm's experience illustrates, money alone won't buy a spot among the elite.

By Ross Todd

16 minute read

January 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

With a docket of big-ticket cases for a stable of blue chip clients, Weil Gotshal proves that its long-standing formula for success endures.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

October 14, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

If the fight over U.S. rights to the famed Stolichnaya trademark were a vodka martini, you could consider it both shaken and stirred by this appellate ruling.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

June 04, 2010 | The American Lawyer

We answer three key questions: Who's representing whom? What's going on with judicial recusals? And are cases moving in advance of the MDL panel's July meeting?

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

March 15, 2007 | The Recorder

Conservative activist Curt Levey claims law firms' efforts to hire more minorities and women may be a violation of federal anti-discrimination law.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read